Improvement in the modes of uniting boot and shoe soles to the uppers



W; STRASSER.

Modes of Uniting Boot and Shoe Soles to the Uppers'.

10,140,964, Patentedluly15,1873.

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WENDELL STRASSER, OF TAYLORSVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAMUEL S.BAUGHMAN, OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO.

, IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODES 0F UNITING BOOT AND SHOE SOLES TO THE UPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,964, dated July 15,1873; application filed 1 June 7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WENDELL STRAssER, ofTaylorsville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved Boot and Shoe Sole; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawingiorming part of thisspecification:

The invention relates to wooden-soled shoes, for skating or walkingpurposes; and consists in a peculiar method of applying double nails infastening the uppers of shoes to the sole, so as to form practically ametallic thread, which makes the article of manufacture to all intentsand purposes a sewed shoe.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. -2 a vertical section, showingmy improvements.

In the drawing, A represents a wooden sole, having thedeep channel madeunder the upper edge by the conjunction of the downward bevel b and thehorizontal or slightly beveled lower face 0. The upper, being cut out bya suitable measure, and in one or more pieces, its edge is brought down,into the channeland fastened thereto by the double shoe-nails B, each ofwhich consists of two nails, held together by an intervening piece ofmetal, and made of a single piece, sharpened at both ends, and bent attwo points, at right angles to the median piece. These interlock witheach other, and form a continuous metallic thread, which tightly holdsthe upper to the sole. This channel forms a bed for the edges andfastening, and may be used with nails of other shapes, if preferred.

When the end of one nail has been driven .home, the end of the next isforced down into contact with that of the first, or into close proximitytherewith, and on the inner side thereof. This has the effect of wedgingone nail against the other, and thus' producing a remarkably securefastening.

This construction gives the still sole, which is best adapted for awalking or skating shoe.

In the latter, it allows the skate to be strapped Witnesses:

F. A. SEBORN, D. T. JOHNSON.

